North Carolina Was Set Up for Disaster
www.theatlantic.com
The climate deck is so stacked now that even places that seem safe are witnessing dangerous impacts.
  • kalkulat@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 months ago

    This Cat-4 started just down by the Yucatan and worked up 140mph-sustained winds in a couple of days over the Gulf of Mexico. I’m wondering how common that’s been before.

    • bamfic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      They usually die down before or shortly after landfall. But the oceans are warmer now giving the hurricanes enery to go go go go

    • shani66
      4·
      2 months ago

      Iirc, powerful hurricanes are pretty normal, but the changing climate is letting them stay around longer